San Francisco Fleet Week, the 2011 edition, is coming up soon and the Bay Area is abuzz with excitement and preparations for the arrival of the ships, the Sailors, the Marines, the Guardsmen, as well as Sailors from the Canadian Navy.

The ships will berth at various piers in The Embarcadero, and the Sailors, Marines, and Guardsmen will fan out across San Francisco to enjoy a week of shore leave to get some well deserved time off after long deployments.

San Francisco Fleet Week Parade of Ships

San Francisco Fleet week is also a Bay Area celebration of the men and women who defend America with parades, air shows, concerts and band performances, as well as a chance for the public to learn more about how our Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard works to defend us through ship tours, demonstrations, outreach and educational programs.

San Francisco Fleet Week 2011 Dates

October 6 to October 11, 2011

Ships and Ship Tours

Various ships from the US Navy, US Coast Guard, and the Canadian Navy will take part in the San Francisco Fleet Week Parade of Ships, and dock in San Francisco and many will be open to the public for ship tours.

In this guide you will find a listing of all of the ships that will be here, as well as ship tour schedules, and directions to where the ships are berthed.

San Francisco Fleet Week Events Schedule

Every year San Francisco Fleet Week features incredible events, demonstrations, concerts, and performances – with the highlights being the US Navy Blue Angels performance in the Air Show, and the Fleet Week Parade of Ships.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

11am – Parade of Ships 1st ship under the GG Bridge will be USS Carl Vinson at 11am. All ships will berth along the northern San Francisco waterfront
Marine Band performing at the Cable Car Turn Around in Union Square, then will march up to The Marines Memorial Club at 609 Sutter Street
12:30pm to 4pm – Fleet Week Air Show
9am-5pm – Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Response Display on Marina Green
W Foundation’s Navy in Space Exhibit on Marina Green
Anthem Health’s Bringing Back Recess exhibit on Marina Green
2 to 3pm – First Marine Division Band – Pier 39
4 to 7pm – First Marine Division Band – LoveFool – Pier 39
6 to 7pm – Marine Band Concert at Huntington Park

Sunday, October 9, 2011

12:30pm to 4pm – Fleet Week Air Show
140th Annual Italian Heritage Parade – Military Marching Band,Color Guards, Marching Units – San Francisco’s North Beach -Powell & Jefferson Streets to Stockton to Washington Square, followed by a Band Concert at Washington Square.
9am to 5pm – Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Response Display on Marina Green
W Foundations’s Navy In Space Exhibit on Marina
Anthem Health’s Bringing Back Recess exhibit on Marina Green
12 to 2pm – Navy Band Southwest 12-2pm, Mustache Harbor 4-7pm – Pier 39
4 to 7pm – Navy Band Mustache Harbor – Pier 39
49ers Salute to the Fleet – Candlestick Park, 49ers vs Tampa Bay – The Marine Band will be playing at the entrances while fans enter the stadium, The Coast guard will have a singer for The National Anthem for pre-game with two F-18s flying over. Halftime will consist of 150 future Marines/Sailors bringing out a large American Flag along with the Marine Band playing “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Following that, USN CF3 Captain Bryne will be doing a swear in on field for 20 future Marines/Sailors. Immediately after that, Air Force singer A1C Hokay will sing “God Bless the USA.”